Thursday, 9 April 2020 COVID-19 Update – no results announced
No results announced today; test kits from South Korea have all passed validation checks conducted by Cayman laboratory. Premier thanks US Ambassador to Jamaica for intervening to ensure container full of ventilators and masks is released by US authorities. Curfew…
Cayman – Update: Second man arrested & charged in relation to biking incident
From RCIPS April 9 2020 Update: Second Man Arrested & Charged in Relation to Biking Incident, 9 April A second man, age 32 of George Town, was arrested on Tuesday, 7 April, in relation to the below incident. He has…
Chamber of Commerce commends CIG on its Small Business initiatives
The Chamber has commended the Cayman Islands Government on the initiatives that have recently been announced to support small and micro businesses in our community. “We applaud the Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure for taking action to implement these…
Caribbean hoteliers invest in downtime to manage crises and prepare for the future
MIAMI (April 9, 2020) – The Caribbean tourism industry has a proven track record of bouncing back from crisis, often better and stronger, a message which resonated throughout the first in a series of online training programs being conducted by the Caribbean…
COVID-19 crisis proves the Internet is indeed a Caribbean right
by Rhea Yaw Ching Thursday, April 9, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic has, in the most emphatic way, shown us all just how interconnected everything and everyone is. A worldwide race is underway to minimize human interactions in order to avoid…
Blue Light Distillery commits
Blue Light Distillery commits to the fight against COVID 19 in Grenada OECS-Chamber of Commerce of Martinique Joint Media Release Tuesday, April 7, 2020 — Many spirits and liquors producers across the Caribbean are mobilizing efforts in response to the growing…
Belize refuses donation of testing kits from the Republic of Korea to the region
From News 5 Belize April 8 2020 There is a most worrisome report coming out of the region tonight. Heads of Government of SICA met in March and adopted a Regional Contingency Plan to combat the novel coronavirus. A release…
Essential shopping and zoning regulations continue ahead of COVID-19 Lockdown beginning tonight (April 9th) from 7:01pm in St. Kitts-Nevis
April 9th, 2020The general public has been given the opportunity to stock up on grocery and medicine essentials over two consecutive days (yesterday and today, Thursday, April 9th, 2020), as the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis prepares to go…
OffshoreAlert launches FREE live webinars
From OffshoreAlert Temporarily unable to hold conferences as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, OffshoreAlert will start holding free live webinars, starting next week. The OffshoreAlert Webinar Series will comprise weekly sessions over an indefinite period on a variety of topics…
Cayman: Z99 & CITA Easter Egg Hunt launches online with thousands of dollars’ in prizes up for grab
99 Grand Cayman has teamed up with the Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) to bring Cayman an online Easter Egg Hunt and raffle with thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes up for grabs. To participate in the online hunt and…